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Michael Blake: “The attacks that are happening in street vendors and the…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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New York City Forum on Sanctuary City Laws and Immigrant Protections

Published | Video Starts at 25:33

As part of managing that bureaucracy, would you lift the caps? Yes. Thank you very much, Assemblymember. So, yes, we need to lift the caps, but we want to combine on both of these pieces, The attacks that are happening in street vendors and the delays that are happening in terms of permitting is because we have allowed a mayor to have a racist approach against communities of color and immigrants. Like, we just got to be like, we're dancing around this here. Like there's a conversation that's happening of supposedly street vendors are somehow leading to less safety. (25:33–25:44)

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Asserts that the current mayor's approach to street vendors and permit delays is racially biased.

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